Mt. McKinley & Denali Park Flightseeing Tour

This Denali Park flightseeing tour is sure to be the highlight of your trip to Alaska. An aerial tour with Regal Air is the best way to see this Alaskan treasure. Our 3 hour flightseeing tour of Mt. McKinley and Denali National Park departs Anchorage daily, and flies North into the majestic country of Denali.

Alaska Flightseeing Route: Mt. McKinley & Denali Park

As you head towards Mt. McKinley you will climb up and get spectacular views of Anchorage and the Chugach Mountains. As you continue to head North, the Alaska Range comes into site. You will immediately notice two towering giants overlooking the rest of the mountain range, Mount Foraker, and Mount McKinley.

Once in Denali National Park you will get once in a lifetime view of some of the world’s largest and most incredible glaciers, glacial ice falls (“waterfalls of ice”), sheer vertical cliffs. You will be immersed in 360 degrees of breathtaking scenery. Fly over the remote mountain top glacier base camp, where climbers begin their ascent of Mt. McKinley. Finally you will arrive right at the base of the largest peak in North America, Mt McKinley – towering 20,237 feet over the Alaskan Wilderness. Even from an airplane this awesome peak will tower over you. You will undoubtedly be awestruck by the epic scale of this mountain.

After the journey around Mt. McKinley and through Denali National Park we will make a water landing on Chelatna Lake. This high mountain lake is tucked scenically into the McKinley foot hills. There, we will get out of the plane onto a beautiful sandy beach and stretch our legs after this epic flightseeing tour.

After taking in the fresh mountain air at Chelatna Lake we descend towards Anchorage along beautiful braided Alaskan Rivers spotting for wildlife. We will look for Moose, Grizzly Bears, Swans, and Eagles as we fly over the dense forests of the Susitna Valley. As the flightseeing tour comes to an end over the Cook Inlet, we will look for Beluga Whales as we fly into Lake Hood, the busiest seaplane base in the world.

McKinley Flightseeing Details

Landing: Chelatna Lake (may not be available in early spring or late fall)

Seating: 5- 6 persons per Aircraft

McKinley Flightseeing Facts

The summit of McKinley sits 20,237 feet above sea level

The first summit of the mountain was on April 3, 1910

The summit never rises above freezing temperature.

The Wickersham Wall on the north face rises 15,000 feet and is one of the highest vertical inclines in the world.

The youngest climber ever to summit was 12 years old, and the oldest was 71.

The mountain’s coldest known ambient temperature was -77 degrees Fahrenheit and was recorded at 17,000 feet in 1988.

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Just thought I'd message and say how great the flightseeing trip was! Craig ( I think that's his name) the pilot was funny, shared interesting facts and I felt safe with him. Thank you.

Angela

Brooks Falls was amazing; it was just as beautiful as all of the pictures I had seen. I couldn’t believe I was seeing bears in their natural habitat. Seeing a bear catch a salmon in its mouth fulfilled a lifelong dream of mine. I couldn’t be happier with my trip with Regal Air.